Hi There,
I am trying to upgrade standalone ESXi host from ESXi, 5.5.0, 6480267 to ESXi 6.5 Patch 02 on HP DL380p Gen8 hardware using HPE custom image.
I am using interactive upgrade method. However, during upgrade when I select the datastore (SD Card) on which current ESXi, 5.5.0, 648026 installed, i am not getting upgrade option, it is not detecting previous esxi instace, rather getting 'Install' options which will wipe out the existing configs etc completely. The host is still running fine and no issues with 5.5.
Am I missing something? I following following KB article, but no luck.
Thanks
Mahi
Can you try with the offline bundle via CLI? Only catch is that you might encounter the vSAN vib dependency error. For that, you will have to refer to the below article and perform a profile update -
Run the esxcli software sources profile list -d <location_of_the_esxi_zip_bundle_on_the_datastore> command to query the list of available image profiles.
Run the esxcli software profile update - p <profile name> -d <location of ZIP file> command on the ESXi 6.0 Update 2 depot. For example:
[root@localhost:~] esxcli software profile update -p < profile name> -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/update-from-esxi6.0-6.0_update02.zip
Please consider marking this answer as "correct" or "helpful" if you think your questions have been answered.
Cheers,
Supreet
Is the current 5.5 installation on a custom build or on a VMware standard build? Can you try upgrading from the command line using the offline bundle for 6.5 U1?
Cheers,
Supreet
Hi supreet,
thanks the respons. How do I verify if the installation was done using custom build or VMware standard build?
thanks
Mahi
Run this command:
esxcli software profile get
As Diego mentioned, you can either run the command <esxcli software profile get> or check the summary tab of the ESXi host for the Image Profile.
Cheers,
Supreet
Hi Supreet/Diago,
Please find the result;
#esxcli software profile get
(Updated) HPE-ESXi-5.5.0-Update3-iso-550.9.4.5.7
Name: (Updated) HPE-ESXi-5.5.0-Update3-iso-550.9.4.5.7
Vendor: vmhost007.roptra.local
Creation Time: 2018-02-16T16:29:45
Modification Time: 2018-07-18T13:54:19
Stateless Ready: True
Description:
2018-02-16T16:29:45.718701+00:00: The following VIBs are
installed:
esx-base 5.5.0-3.103.6480267
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2017-01-14T08:15:35.677370+00:00: The following VIBs are
installed:
ehci-ehci-hcd 1.0-3vmw.550.3.95.4345813
esx-ui 1.8.0-4277191
xhci-xhci 1.0-3vmw.550.3.95.4345813
misc-drivers 5.5.0-3.95.4345813
tools-light 5.5.0-3.92.4345810
esx-base 5.5.0-3.95.4345813
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HPE Custom Image Profile for ESXi 5.5.0 ISO
Looks like it is using HPE Custom Image.
Try used this ISO image:
Other options is update patch by CLI:
Can you try with the offline bundle via CLI? Only catch is that you might encounter the vSAN vib dependency error. For that, you will have to refer to the below article and perform a profile update -
Run the esxcli software sources profile list -d <location_of_the_esxi_zip_bundle_on_the_datastore> command to query the list of available image profiles.
Run the esxcli software profile update - p <profile name> -d <location of ZIP file> command on the ESXi 6.0 Update 2 depot. For example:
[root@localhost:~] esxcli software profile update -p < profile name> -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/update-from-esxi6.0-6.0_update02.zip
Please consider marking this answer as "correct" or "helpful" if you think your questions have been answered.
Cheers,
Supreet
Thanks all.
I was able to upgrade using esxcli with HPE custom bundle.